Foundation June 2019 Paper 1 Q12
12 Jack and Alex take rubbish to be recycled.
Jack takes 520 kilograms, 87% of which can be recycled.
Alex takes 750 kilograms, 61% of which can be recycled.
Calculate who takes the greatest amount of rubbish that can be recycled and by how much. [3]
| Answer | Marks | Part marks and guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Alex 5.1 | 3 | M1 for [0].87 \(\times\) 520 implied by 452.4 and M1 for [0].61 \(\times\) 750 implied by 457.5 Non calculator methods must be fully correct allow 1 arithmetic error |